Stimulating a Canadian narrative for climate

Author:

Potvin Catherine1,Sharma Divya1,Creed Irena2,Aitken Sally3,Anctil François4,Bennett Elena5,Berkes Fikret6,Bernstein Steven7,Bleau Nathalie8,Bourque Alain9,Brown Bryson10,Burch Sarah11,Byrne James12,Cunsolo Ashlee13,Dale Ann14,de Lange Deborah15,Dyck Bruno16,Entz Martin17,Etcheverry José18,Faucher Rosine19,Fenech Adam20,Fraser Lauchlan21,Henriques Irene22,Heyland Andreas23,Hoffmann Matthew24,Hoberg George25,Holden Meg26,Huang Gordon27,Jacob Aerin L.28,Jodoin Sebastien29,Kemper Alison30,Lucotte Marc31,Maranger Roxane32,Margolis Liat33,Mauro Ian34,McDonnell Jeffrey35,Meadowcroft James36,Messier Christian37,Mkandawire Martin38,Morency Catherine39,Mousseau Normand40,Oakes Ken41,Otto Sarah42,Palmater Pamela43,Palmer Taysha Sharlene44,Paquin Dominique45,Perl Anthony46,Potvin André47,Ramos Howard48,Raudsepp-Hearne Ciara49,Richards Natalie1,Robinson John50,Sheppard Stephen51,Simard Suzanne52,Sinclair Brent J.2,Slawinski Natalie53,Stoddart Mark54,Villard Marc-André55,Villeneuve Claude56,Wright Tarah57

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada

2. Department of Biology, Western University, Biological and Geological Sciences 2078, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada

3. Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre 3041, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

4. Département de génie civil et de génie des eaux, Université Laval, Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot 1065, avenue de la Médecine, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada

5. Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald-Stewart Building, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, QC H9X 3V9, Canada

6. Natural Resource Institute, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

7. Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, DV 3274, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada

8. Built Environment Program, Ouranos Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change, Montreal, 550 Sherbrooke West, West Tower, 19th Floor, Montreal, QC H3A 1B9, Canada

9. Impacts and Adaptation Program, Ouranos, 550 Sherbrooke West, West Tower, 19th Floor, Montreal, QC H3A 1B9, Canada

10. Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge, B864 (University Hall), 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada

11. Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Room EV1-103, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

12. Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, 401 University Drive, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada

13. Labrador Institute of Memorial University, Room 110, College of the North Atlantic Building, P.O. Box 490, Station B, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1E0, Canada

14. School of Environment and Sustainability, Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2, Canada

15. Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

16. Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, 658 Drake Centre, 181 Freedman Crescent, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V4, Canada

17. Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, 222 Agriculture Building, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

18. Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 349 York Lanes, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

19. Faculty of Law, McGill University, Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, Montreal, QC H3A 1W9, Canada

20. Climate Laboratory, University of Prince Edward Island, McDougall Hall, 320, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada

21. Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, 900 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, Canada

22. Schulich School of Business, York University, Room N205D, 111 Ian Macdonald Boulevard, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

23. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, SSC 1468, Summerlee Science Complex, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada

24. Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Sid Smith 3110, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, Canada

25. Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre 2045, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

26. Department of Urban Studies and Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 2nd Floor, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada

27. Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada

28. School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada

29. Faculty of Law, McGill University, New Chancellor Day Hall, 3644 Peel Street, Room 617, Montreal, QC H3A 1W9, Canada

30. Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Ryerson University, TRS2-121, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

31. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, PK-7440, 201 avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montreal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada

32. Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marie-Victorin, Ext. F234-6, 90 avenue Vincent-d’Indy, Montreal, QC H2V 2S9, Canada

33. John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto, 230 College Street, Toronto, ON M5T 1R2, Canada

34. Department of Geography, University of Winnipeg, 5L33, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada

35. School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Kirk Hall 117 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8, Canada

36. School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, 5139 River Building, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada

37. Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Québec en Outaouais, 283 Boul Alexandre-Taché, Gatineau, QC J8X 3X7, Canada

38. Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, Cape Breton University, CS201, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada

39. Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, B-324.3, 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit, 2500, chemin de Polytechnique, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada

40. Départment de Physique, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, Bur. A436, 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada

41. Department of Biology, Cape Breton University, Suite CS207, P.O. Box 5300, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, NS B1P 6L2, Canada

42. Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

43. Department of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street JOR700, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

44. Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada

45. Climate Simulation and Analysis, Ouranos Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change, Montreal, 550 Sherbrooke West, West Tower, 19th Floor, Montreal, QC H3A 1B9, Canada

46. Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University, HC 2124, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

47. École d’architecture, Université Laval, Édifice du Vieux-Séminaire-de-Québec, 1 côte de la Fabrique, Quebec City, QC G1R 3V6, Canada

48. Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University, Room 1117, McCain Building, 6135 University Avenue, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada

49. Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science, McGill University, Stewart Biology Building Office W6/19, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada

50. Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7, Canada

51. Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning (CALP), Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre 3601, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

52. Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre 3601, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

53. Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University, BN-3025, St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5, Canada

54. Department of Sociology, Memorial University, A-4070, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada

55. Décanat de la recherche, Université du Québec à Rimouski, C.P. 3300, Succursale A, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada

56. Department of Fundamental Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555, boulevard de l’Université, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 2B1, Canada

57. Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, Rm. 821, Life Sciences Centre, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada

Abstract

This perspective documents current thinking around climate actions in Canada by synthesizing scholarly proposals made by Sustainable Canada Dialogues (SCD), an informal network of scholars from all 10 provinces, and by reviewing responses from civil society representatives to the scholars’ proposals. Motivated by Canada’s recent history of repeatedly missing its emissions reduction targets and failing to produce a coherent plan to address climate change, SCD mobilized more than 60 scholars to identify possible pathways towards a low-carbon economy and sustainable society and invited civil society to comment on the proposed solutions. This perspective illustrates a range of Canadian ideas coming from many sectors of society and a wealth of existing inspiring initiatives. Solutions discussed include climate change governance, low-carbon transition, energy production, and consumption. This process of knowledge synthesis/creation is novel and important because it provides a working model for making connections across academic fields as well as between academia and civil society. The process produces a holistic set of insights and recommendations for climate change actions and a unique model of engagement. The different voices reported here enrich the scope of possible solutions, showing that Canada is brimming with ideas, possibilities, and the will to act.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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